"It's great that we're able to access things at home, but equally you tend to get emails at all sorts of odd times as well, so that's seemingly contradictory but I think it just reflects the modern working environment," he said.

"Only about 26 per cent of businesses cite difficulty in finding skilled labour as a problem, which is less than 31 per cent which is the national figure. Certainly a lower proportion in South Australia is a good thing relative to the rest of Australia."